Apparel-corset



I). K OPS. APPAREL CORSET.

APPFICATION FILED NOV. 15, 1920.

Patented Dec. 6, 1921..

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

INVENTOR D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16. 1920.

1,399,486. Patented Dec. 6, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

IN VEN TOR AOMM itlEPllJhtElL-UUREJET.

Application filed November l6, rem.

To all whom it may COItGGW/t.

Be it known that l, DANIEL liiors, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of ll Llanhattan, city, county, and f itate ofNew York, have invented an lmprove ment in .rlpparel-Gorsets, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparel corset and. particularly to thattype of apparel corset in which in conjunction with selfreducing strapsat the lower front portions of the corset body halves there are alsoemployed abdominal supporting straps extending from the front steelportions rearwardly to points forward of the hip sections to support theabdomen of the wearer. ll am aware that heretofore various forms ofapparel corsets have been proposed in which selfreducing straps havebeen employed and with which, as in the present case, there areassociated depending hose supporters. I am also aware that heretoforevarious forms of apparel corsets have been employed in which there areabdominal supporting straps extending from the front steel. sectionsroan wardly to points forwardly of the hip sections. ln all theseinstances, however, the self-reducing straps and the hose supportersassociated therewith have been employed to produce the self-reducingeffect and the proper formation of the garment when in use, andabdominal supporting straps have been employed to support as well as tore duce the abdomen of the wearer, but in these latter structures thesupporting straps have been designed for use in the ordinary aver-- agecase where such a corset is advisable and to this end these supportingstraps at their forward edges have not been employed on the inner sideof the garment and made to extend below the front steel sections of thegarment. The object of the present inven tion is to provide a garmentmore especially adapted for use in special cases in which the lowerportion of the abdomen is to be supported and reduced because of thesuperfluous flesh accumulated atthis place, or because of theprolapsecondition of the runscles and lower abdominal organs made so from anycause whatsoever. Consequently in carrying out the present invention thetension straps employed are preferably made of elastic material and aresecured in the inner side of the garment in such a manner specificationof Letters Patent.

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that the lower forward ends thereof are placed considerably below thelower ends of the front steel sections and the forward edges extendupwardly therefrom to the upper portion of the abdomen and are connectedto the front steel sections, while the lower edges thereof are so placedas to conform to and directly in the groin section of the wearer. lhesestraps extend rearwardly from the front steel sections on the inner sideof the garment and are attached at their opposite edges at pointsforward of the hip sections, whilethe self-reducing straps employed areconnected to the garment preferably along the same lines of stitchingthat the rearward edges of the tension straps are secured and extendforwardly and are adjustablv connected to the front steels as iscustomary n order to overlie a portion ofthe supporting straps, and toact in conjunction therewith in producing the usual self-reducingeffect.

The garment made in accordance with my invention is shown in theaccompanying drawing, in which, i

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the use of the garment, and

lFig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the innor side of one of the corsetbody halves.

By referring to the drawing it will be seen that in the construction ofthe corset garment made in accordance with this invention the samepreferably comprises corset body halves indicated at 10 and 11respectively and both provided with a dependin skirt l2 and as usual isfitted with front steels 13 having clasps 14; by which the halves of thegarment are connected at the front of the body as well as eyelets 15along the back edges for the adjusting laces by which, as is alsocustomary, the garment is adjusted to position on the body of thewearer. a

The halves of the garment made in accordance with this invention aremadein a similar manner but of course with the parts in reversed.positions and consequently but one part of the corset structure will behere inafter particularly described. The front or forward portion of theskirt member terminates at a point short of the front edge of thegarment as is indicated at 16 and at this place the cut away portion ofthe skirt is indicated at 16 The front steel section of the garmentisextended as indicated at 17 for an appreciable distance below thelower end of the front steel, terminating,

however, above the lower edge of the skirt member and at a pointapproximately mid- 19 is secured to the front steel section of thegarment along a line of stitching indicated at 20 and as will be notedfrom the drawing extends from the lower extremity of the extension 17,that is an appreciable distance below the lower end of the front steelto a point 21 which is approximately the upper portion of the abdomen,this edge of the strap being relatively long. The strap is placed on theinner side of the garment and extends rearwardly. Along its upper edgeit tapers downwardly, while along its lower edge it tapers upwardly andat the edge opposite that secured by the line of stitching 20 the strapis secured to the body of the corset forward of the hip section thereof,this line of stitching by which the opposite edge is secured in thegarment being indicated at 22. The downwardly tapering upper edge of thestrap is indicated at 23 and the upwardly tapering edge of the strap isindicated at 24 and the strap is so placed in the garment at the innerside thereof that this lower edge thereof fits directly into the groinsection of the wearer so as to adequately support the superfluous fleshin the lower portion of the abdomen or the lower abdominal muscles orabdomlnal organs which for any cause whatsoever may have become prolapseand hence require the support which the strap so placed is adapted togive.

In conjunction with the supporting strap hereinbefore described I alsoemploy a selfreducing strap 25. At one edge this selfreducing strap isconnected to the body of the garment forward of the hip section andpreferably by the same line of stitching 22 by which the rearward edgeof thesupporting strap 19 is secured in the garment. The self-reducingstrap 25 extends forwardly and downwardly, and below the line of Istitching. 22 the rearward edge 26 of the strap is entirely free fromthe body of the garment and the skirt member thereof. At

the forward edge of the self-reducin strap the same is provided witheyelets 27 adapted to be engaged by a stud 28 fixed in the lower end ofthe corresponding front steel usual functions of this member as shownand described in various Letters Patent heretofore granted to me whileacting in conjunction with the tension strap to assist the latter inalso performing its functions.

The depending portion of the self-reducing strap extends to the loweredge of the skirt member and is attached thereto along a line ofstitching indicated at 25) which also secures in the garment a hosesupporter strap 30, the lower front edge of the skirt. the hosesupporter strap and the lower depending edge of the self-reducing strapbeing preferably all connected together by the same line of stitching asindicated at 29 so that the depending portion of the self-reducing strapis maintained in place with the upper portion thereof overlying thelower portion of the body of the garment and also that part of thesupporting strap which lies beneath the same.

In order to connect the extensions 17 of the front steel sections, oneof these extensions may be provided with a hook 3'1 and the other with acatch 32, the one to be engaged by the other to connect and secure theseextensions in position for use.

' I claim as my invention:

1. In an apparel corset comprising corset body halves having skirtmembers and in each corset body half, a front steel, an extension of thecorset body half below the lower end of the front steel, and a supporting strap secured at one edge adjacent the front steel and extendingfrom the lower end of the said extension to the upper portion of theabdomen and also extending rearwardly on the inner side of the garmentand attached at its opposite edge to the body of the garment forward ofthe hip section so that the lower edge of the supporting strap liesdirectly in the groin section of the wearer, whereby the adjustment ofthe garment to position on the body places a tension on the saidsupporting strap causing the strap to conform to the lower portions ofthe abdomen to act as a support for the same.

2. In an apparel corset comprising corset body halves having skirtmembers and in each corset body half, a front steel. an extension of thecorset body half below the lower end of the front steel, and asupporting strap secured at one edge adjacent the front steel andextending rearwardly on the inner side of the garment with its upperedge tapering downwardly and its lower edge tapering upwardly with theedge opposite that secured to the front steel section connected to thebody of the garment forward of the hip section so that the lower edge ofthe supporting strap lies dirertly in the groin of the wearer, wherebythe adjustment of the garment to position on the body places a tensionon the said supportreaaaee ing strap causing the strap to conform to thelower portions of the abdomen to act as a support for the same.

3. ln an apparel corset comprising corset body halves having skirtmembers and in each corset body half, a front steel, an e);- tension ofthe corset body half below the lower end of the front steel, an elastictension strap secured at one edge adjacent the front steel and extendingfrom the lower end of the said extension to the upper part of theabdomen and also extending rear wardly on the inner side of the garmentand attached at its opposite edge to the body of the garment forward ofthe hip section so that the lower edge of the supporting strap lies inthe groin section of the wearer, whereby the adjustment of the garmentto position on the body places a ten sion on the said supporting strapcausing the strap to conform to the lower portions of the abdomen to actas a support for the same and a self-reducing strap connected at oneedge forward of the hip section and adjustably connected to the frontsteel section so as to overlie the lower portion of the tension strapand-to coact therewith in producing a self-reducing effect in the use ofthe garment.

d. In an apparel corset comprising corset body halves having skirtmembers and in each corset body half, a front steel, an extension of thecorset body half below the lower end of the front steel, an elastictension strap secured at one edge adjacent the front steel from thelower end of said eX tension to the upper part of the abdomen andextending rearwardly on the inner side of the garment with its upperedge tapering downwardly and its lower edge taper- L ing upwardly, andwith the edge opposite that secured to the front steel section connectedto the'body of the garment forward of the hip section so that the loweredge of the supporting strap lies directly in the groin of the wearer,whereby the adjustment of the garment to position on the body places atension on the said support ing strap causing the strap to conform tothe lower portions of the abdomen to act as a support for the same and aself-reducing strap secured to the body of the garment along the sameline of stitching that secures the rearward edge of the elastic tensionstrap thereto, the said self-reducing strap being otherwlse free fromthe body of the garment but connected at its lower end to the lowerforward edge of the skirt section and adapted also to be adjustablyconnected to the lower portion of the front steel to coact with thetension strap and thereby assist in supporting the lower portions of theabdomen and producing a self-reducing effect.

Signed by me this 1st day of November, 1920.

DANIEL KOPS.

